So I was looking through amazon.com and some fantasy/supernatural books just now, and I ran across this thread from their message board thingy.

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I'm not sure which is worse, someone asking this question on this particular venue, or some of the replies. Can anyone REALLY suggest inflicting the name "Galadriel" on an unborn child with a straight face?

The boys had kept their dear little mouths shut, when he explained the economics of the situation in terms of toys, treats, and new clothing. An additional bribe—the promise of never telling anyone what their real names were, and signing them into the Grantville school system as "Frank," "Ronald," and "Gerry," made sure they wouldn't tell, wouldn't bring samples out to their friends, and wouldn't allow the friends in the greenhouse, ever. After all, as Tom knew only too well, peer-pressure among the male of the species is a dreadful thing, and a name can become a deadly weapon. "Gwaihir" was too funny for words, "Elrond" had any number of nasty permutations, and as for "Faramir"—well. Any idiot could quickly figure out just what sort of nickname would come out of "Faramir" in the mouths of a pack of boys.

Come to think of it, after posting my own comment, wasn't the girl in Good Omens named 'Pippin Galadriel' something and they had a brief tangent about horrible names? I'm willing to bet PTerry wrote that chunk.

Heh, I was actually thinking of that... but at least that's naming someone something that means something to you. (And can still be just... bad, in cases.) In this case, it's someone saying "oh hey, I've decided my kid needs a fantasy book name! Help me pick one out!